Gaza’s Largest Hospitals Close, Premature Babies Taken Out of Incubators, Israeli Forces Reportedly Entered Hospitals and Fired at Patients ( www.democracynow.org )
“Five kids in the pediatric [Shifa Hospital] ICU left alone in Rantisi Hospital, and we don’t know what’s going on with them. The communications were lost, so they might be dead or alive,” one of the doctors said....
China is slowly erasing Tibet's name ( feddit.de )
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Chinese officials cover up anti-Beijing placards in San Francisco as Xi Jinping arrives for Apec summit ( feddit.de )
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Chinese firm Hikvision linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank, Amnesty International says ( feddit.de )
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Bedbug infestation fears in Hong Kong spark panic buying of insecticides ( www.scmp.com )
Hit by floods and drought, quarter of Somali people at risk of 'crisis-level' hunger, WFP says ( www.reuters.com )
Cyprus to clamp down as investigation reveals oligarchs moved assets after Ukraine invasion ( www.theguardian.com )
Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony ( apnews.com )
John Oliver's campaign for puking mullet bird delays New Zealand vote for favorite feathered friend ( apnews.com )
Oliver discovered a loophole in the rules, which allowed anybody with a valid email address to cast a vote. “After all, this is what democracy is all about,” Oliver said on his show. “America interfering in foreign elections.”...
Palestinians Sue Biden for Failing to Prevent Genocide in Gaza ( theintercept.com )
Iceland is bracing for a potential volcanic eruption. What is likely to happen and what are the risks? ( www.cnn.com )
What do we know about forced labour in Xinjiang? ( www.theguardian.com )
British fighters in Israel’s military: Is it legal? ( www.declassifieduk.org )
Hundreds of Britons have joined the Israel Defence Force, which is illegally occupying Palestinian land and has killed thousands of children in Gaza. Now lawyers are asking: Is their recruitment lawful?
Which islands will become uninhabitable due to climate change first? ( www.livescience.com )
BP and Spotify bought carbon credits at risk of link to forced Uyghur labour in China ( feddit.de )
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Gaza City: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation, UN says ( news.un.org )
Meanwhile on Monday, the UN flag flew at half-mast at the Organisation’s offices around the world in memory of the 101 staff members of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s retaliation for Hamas’ massacres perpetrated in southern Israel on 7 October.
Hamas denies refusing fuel from Israel for Al-Shifa Hospital ( www.reuters.com )
Israel-Palestine, lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip ( www.unicef.org )
The Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital was damaged again yesterday in an attack, including lifesaving equipment, according to reports. Another children’s hospital in the north has stopped operating due to damage and a lack of fuel, and a specialist maternity hospital is in desperate need of fuel to keep functioning....
EU negotiators agree on historic law to restore Europe’s nature ( www.euractiv.com )
Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament agreed on a landmark new law to restore at least 20% of Europe’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians ( www.theguardian.com )
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax ( www.reuters.com )
Multinational firms will have to pay a minimum of 15% tax on all of the profits they make worldwide, regardless of where the profits are generated.